Talks and Training

I provide professional talks and training to therapists, medical providers, and trainees on TNB affirming care
* I am currently available for talks, training, and webinars

Invited Talks, Training, and Webinars

17. Kim, H., Lee, J. (2025, Oct). Providing mental health assessments for gender affirming surgery referral letters. Invited speaker at the 11th Advancing Excellence in Transgender Health Conference of The Fenway Institute, Boston, MA. 

16. Lee, J. (2024, Sept). Using the Companionship Model in Writing Referral Letters for Transgender and Gender Diverse Clients. Returned as an invited speaker to deliver a 2-hour all-staff training for University Health Services at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. This training has since become incorporated into the University’s Canvas course for staff development. 

15.  Lee, J. (2023, Dec). Understanding the SOC v.8 and Using the Companionship Model in Writing Letters of Support for TNB Youths and Adults. An invited clinician training at the Wisconsin Psychiatric Institute & Clinics, Madison, WI.

14. Budge, S.L., Lee, J. (2023, Oct). Transgender and Nonbinary Mental Health: Health Disparities and Protective Factors. An invited session at Korean Clinical Psychology Association Annual Conference.

13. Lee, J. (2023, Oct). Understanding the Standards of Care (v. 8) to Improve Ethical TNB Referral Letter Practices in Korea. An invited session to introduce the Standards of Care (SOC v. 8) to Korean clinical psychologists (450+), with an emphasis on understanding current practices in Korea and improving assessment procedures followed by a Q & A session at Korean Clinical Psychology Association Annual Conference.

12. Lee, J., Tebbe, E., Budge, S.L. (2023, Oct). Gender Diversity Inclusion as Researchers and in Research: How to Use a Community-Based Approach. An invited talk at the Diversity Summit on Protecting and Advancing Trans Health, UW Health & School of Medicine and Public Health at UW-Madison 

11. Kim, H., Lee, J., Budge, S. L., Dominguez, S., Tebbe, E. (2023, Oct). Informed Consent & the Companionship Model: An Alternative to Gatekeeping. An invited session talk on addressing and reducing barriers and gatekeeping to gender-affirming care for trans and gender-diverse youth at American Psychiatric Association Mental Health Services Conference.

10. Lee, J. (2023, July). Utilizing the Informed Consent Model and Moving Towards the Companionship Model in Providing Medical Care for Transgender and Nonbinary People. Provided a 3-hour training to medical professionals and students at Seoul National University, College of Medicine, South Korea 

9. Lee, J. (2023, July). Understanding the Revised WPATH Standards of Care v.8 for Clinical Work with Transgender and Gender Diverse People. Provided a talk (90+ participants) at Soonchunhyang University Seoul Hospital, Seoul, South Korea.

8. Lee, J. (2023, April). Using the Companionship Model and the Updated Standards of Care for Writing Referral Letters for Transgender and Gender Diverse Clients. Provided an all-staff training for University Health Services at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

7. Lee, J. (2022, November). Trans and Nonbinary People’s Experience of Systemic Discrimination, Interpersonal Interactions, and Resilience in Workplace. Provided a Webinar provided to health care clinicians and other care team members as part of a webinar series titled “Forces of Marginalization - Shifting toward effective practices in service of the transgender community at Prism Health North Texas. 

6. Darling, E., Norton, M., Lee, J. (2022, October). Trans/GNC: 101. A training provided to clinicians at Journey Mental Health Center, Madison, WI.

5. Lee, J., Norton, M., Lindley, L., Gao, S. (2022, September). Working with Gender Dysphoria and Promoting Parental Support for Transgender and Nonbinary People. A training provided to the Wisconsin Psychiatric Institute & Clinics, Madison, WI. 

4. Lee, J., Norton, M., Lindley, L., Gao, S. (2022, September). A Companionship Model for Trans and Nonbinary Letter Writing and Therapist Errors. A training provided to the Wisconsin Psychiatric Institute & Clinics, Madison, WI. 

3. Dominguez, S. Jr., Lee, J., Budge, S. L. (2022, September). Providing Trans-Affirming Care to Trans Youth and their Family Members. A seminar provided to the Wisconsin Psychiatric Institute & Clinics, Madison, WI. 

2. Budge, S. L., Lee, J. (2022, July). Reducing Stigma and Improving Mental Health for Two-Spirit, Transgender, and Nonbinary Clients. An invited webinar provided to 120+ Korean Counselors from Korean Counseling Association, Seoul, South Korea. 

1. Dominguez, S. Jr., Lee, J., Budge, S. L. (2022, March). Providing Trans-Affirming Care to Trans Youth and their Family Members. A training provided to the Wisconsin Psychiatric Institute & Clinics, Madison, WI. 

Public Roundtable

1. Lee, J. (2023, July). Understanding and Overcoming Institutional Barriers for Implementing the Standards of Care ver. 8 in Korean Contexts. Designed, organized, and facilitated a public roundtable (90+ participants comprising MDs, lawyers, clinicians, allies, and TNB people) at Soonchunhyang University Seoul Hospital, Seoul, South Korea.

Invited Panels

4. Lee, J., Crall, C., & Rainboth, K. (2025, Oct). LGBTQ Mental Health: Multidisciplinary Perspectives. Invited panel discussion for Harvard Medical School medical students. Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.

3. Lee, J., Tebbe, E., Budge, S.L. (2023, Oct). Gender Diversity Inclusion as Researchers and in Research: How to Use a Community-Based Approach. An invited talk at the Diversity Summit on Protecting and Advancing Trans Health, UW Health & School of Medicine and Public Health at UW-Madison 

2. Lee, J., Schultz, G., Smaldino, E., Schlechter, T. (2022, April). Promoting Health Equity for Trans and Nonbinary Individuals. A panel talk provided to the Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, CO. 

1. Lee, J., Schultz, G., j.nyla mcneill. (2021, October). Cis/heteronormativity within the health, educational, and family system. A panel talk provided to the Wisconsin Population Health Service Fellowship & Preventive Medicine Residency Learning Community Meeting, Madison, WI. 

CONSULTATIONS

University Health Services, University of Wisconsin-Madison, June 2023­ –
Applying The Companionship Model for Transgender and Nonbinary Client Letter Writing
- Provided consultation to clinicians in implementing the Companionship Model in writing referral letters for TNB clients at the University Health Services. 

Advisory Board Consultant, Texas Tech University, Spring 2023­ –

Real-Time Study of Psychotherapy, Suicide Risk, and Resilience in Transgender and Non-Binary Adults (P.I: Sarah Victor)

  - Provide expert feedback on the research study design and processes

SELECT RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS

Kim, H., Lee, J., Rainboth, K., Budge, S.L. (2024, Oct). The Companionship Model for Gender Affirming Care: A Guide for Clinicians. A workshop presented at GLMA’s 42nd Annual Conference on LGBTQ+ Health.

Lee, J., McGuirk, A., Lindley, L. (2024, August). A Qualitative Analysis of Messages About and Lived Experience of the Impacts of Gender Affirming Medical Interventions on Gender Dysphoria. Presented as a feature stage presentation at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Seattle, WA

Lee, J., Mize, G., Pili, A., Budge, S.L., Tebbe, E., (2024, August). Assessing psychotherapy outcomes for transgender, two-spirit, and nonbinary people of color by therapists with shared identities. Presented as a symposium session at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Seattle, WA

Lee, J., Barr, S. (2023, August). Parental Relational Trauma in Transgender and Nonbinary People: Exploring Intersection with Minority Stress, Healing, and Post-Traumatic Growth. Presented as a symposium session at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington D.C.

Lee, J., Stan, G., Dominguez, S. Jr., Norton, M., Budge, S.L, Tebbe, E (2023, May). Understanding the Psychotherapy Goals of Two-Spirit, Transgender, and Nonbinary People of Color from the First Psychotherapy Trial Study for TPOC. An oral presentation at the 2023 National Transgender Health Summit, San Francisco, CA.

Lee, J., Lee, B. (2022, October). A Grounded Theory of Korean Trans and Nonbinary People’s Interpersonal Interactions in Workplace: Gaining Access to a Critical Awareness of Gender and Transcending Binary Gendered Society. Symposium session presented at the annual meeting of the Korean Counseling Psychology Association, Seoul, South Korea.

Lee, J., Budge, S.L. (2022, August). Moving Away from Gatekeeping to a Companionship Model in the Letter Writing Process for Trans and Nonbinary Individuals. Symposium session presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Minneapolis, MN.